White-bellied pangolin

Phataginus tricuspis · Manidae

The white-bellied pangolin is one of eight extant species of pangolins, and is native to equatorial Africa. Also known as the tree pangolin or three-cusped pangolin, it is the most common of the African forest pangolins.

Where the White-bellied pangolin lives

Recorded in Dem. Rep. Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, Gabon, Central African Rep., Uganda, Eq. Guinea, Angola and Congo (Africa).

Most records fall in Orientale, Sud-Ouest, Lagunes, Eastern, Sud and Haut-Ogooué.

See the White-bellied pangolin’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Endangered (EN). In danger of dying out in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 452 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.